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McCain's team too?
Ben Smith's Blog —
... A provocative point from First Read: "[O]f the three big national security posts, it's possible a President McCain could have picked Jones and Gates as well." ...
Jones May Be Most Interesting Pick Today
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... First Read: "Some advice for our friends in the media, don't focus on Clinton, focus on Jim Jones,
someone personally more close with John McCain than Obama. And with an
office in the West Wing, it will be Jones who has the day-to-day ear of
Obama, not Clinton. In fact, of the three big national security posts,
it's possible a President McCain could have picked Jones and Gates as
well. This is a throwback to the Bush years, not Bush 43, but Bush 41.
Jones and Gates, in particular, seem to be from the Brent Scowcroft
school of foreign policy." ...
Samantha “Hillary is a MONSTER” Power is Back on Team Obama
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... She’s BACK.
Did anyone really think she wouldn’t be? In the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” category, the woman who stepped away from Obama’s campaign after calling Hillary Clinton a “monster,” was listed on Obama’s change.gov, per AP, as being part of the Agency Review Team for the State Department. We wonder what that first meeting between Power and Madame Secretary Clinton will be like. (She apparently made a gesture to bury the hatchet.)
Flpa knew Power would return.
But, that first meeting with “The ...
